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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-24
The Chinese Bank.

IT is CALLED "woo-EY"-How IT Is RON.
The Chinese, writes San Francisco cOrrespon.
dent, have way OF borrowing and lending money
under a system that they call a woo-ey, that al
lows its members to borrow money In a stated
sum and repay 1t by instruments Any member OF
a woo-ey who takes a share, and does not wish to
borrow himself, obtains a good interest on the
money he invests. The plan OF woo-ey Is as fol-
lows:
All Sing wants to borrow 800 and repay it in in.
StamentS, SO he starts woo-ey; his nrst step is
TO find twenty persons who are willing to take
81 share Ia a 800 woo-ey All sing is known as
the woo-ey tow, or head of the woo-ey; the share
the woo-ey. The woo-ey lasls for twenty months:
each woO-ey Chi pays In s. TO the woo-ey tow,
50 that All Sing obtains his 800. AT the end
holders and asks for BIDS for the next loan; each
member writes his name and the amount OF inter-
est he is willing 10 pay on slip OF paper. Every
member has the right OF borrowing money once
during the woo-ey. After the BIDS are all received
they are opened and read, and the money lent to
the highest bidder. We will suppose that per
cent is the highest bid. All Sing, who now pays
the first instament mas TO pay In the full amount
OF s., While the others deduct the per cent and
pay In $40. When the next lnstalment falls due
there are two melnberS who have to pay IN the
full amount, and so the woO-ey runs on. AT the
end OF fifteen or sixteen months the interest
offered Is oiten as high as % or 80 per cent but
as fifteen OF the members have bOr-
rowed and so have 10 pay ia The full amount
OF So, 1t is only the four or f1ve left
who get the benefit Of the aeavy interest. Some
times toward the last OF the woo-ey, when TWO or
three different ones wish to borrow, the rates are
often a. high as 10 per cent, and In one instance
that | know or, just before the Chinese new year,
100 per cent was bid on Il s. wOO-ey. As there
were but three members thai had not borrowed,
the hard-up Celestial had only TO pay the heavy
as low as 80 cents share, and have known OF
woo-eyS as high as $50 share. Those who go
into wOo-ey as an investment, AM do not borrow
themselves, generally get large Interest for their
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lngersOll on Death.

Mrs Ida Knowles, OF Peoria, died in New York
on the 18th inst. Col. Robert Ingersoll being an
intimate friend OF the family was invited to say
few words over the flower-cOvered bier on the eve
OF its removal to the West for interment. In com.
pliance with this r,Quest he said:
MY FRIENDS: Again we stand in the shadow OF
the great mystery-a shadow as deep and dark as
when the tears OF the first mother fell upon the
pailid face OF her feleSS Oabe-a mystery that has
never yet been solved. We have met In the pres
ence of the sacred dead, to speak word of praise
OF hope, OF cons 1latiOn. Another life OF love Is
now Il blessed mem0ry-a lingering strain of music
The loving daughter, the pure and consecrated
wife, the sincere friend, who, with tender faithful
ness, discharged the duties OF life, has reached
her journeys end.
drawer, a more serene, more chivalric spirit
clasping the loved and by them clasped-never
passed from life TO enrich the realm OF death. No
held OF war ever witnessed greater fOrtitude more
perfect. smiling courage than this poor, weak and
helpless woman displayed upon the bed OF pain and
death. Her life was gentle and her death sublime
She loved the good and all the good loved her. But
there is this consolation: She can never suffer
more; she can never feel again the chill Of DEATH
never part again from those she loves. Her heart
can break no more She has shed her last tear, and
upon her stainless brow has been set the wondrous
seal OF everlasting peace.
When the Angel OF Death-the masked and voice.
less-enters the door OF home, there come with her
all the daughters OF compassion, and OF these Love
and Hope remain forever
You are about to take this dear dust home-to
the home OF her gtrhoOd and TO the place that was
once my home. You Will lay her with neighbors
that have loved, that are now at rest You will
lay her where my father sleeps.
All can say Is:
And from her fair aud unpolluted flesh
Let violets spring..
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A Mean Millionaire.

FROM the Boston Transcript.
financial man OF the Listeners acquaintance
tells him some interesting stories OF a venerable
Boston capitalist, whose name, II published, would
De 'wel known and widely recognfzad"-as the
lhtervewers OF anonymous persons always say
ana which, for that very reason, Will not be given
mere. The capitalist originated in a Masslchu-
seltS country district, where IDEAS OF thrift are
instllled into peoples minds In their ultimate New
England nlnuteneSS, and in this mans Sc the
SEEDS OF instruction Tell upon friendly ground
tod ne USED 10 Grise his own carriage two-horse
top.DugSy. one day, just before Thanksgiving
ne drove down TO Faneul Hall market TO bargain
1or ana get his turkey for the frugal bur tradi-
tonal FEAST at his house. AS he drove uD q bow
started out as IL to offer TO hold mis- team Ar rhs
same moment he saw his cashier arriving on foot
"Nell, Smith, said the capitalist 10 the cashier
"Where are you gOng?"
Going TO market to get turkey for ThanksgIv-
Ing, said the cashier.
Eyes? Well I'll tell you what wen do know
EN- In mere, ana II you'll hold my horses think
can go In and buy two turkeys so that they'll come
cheaper 70 Us than II we bought them separately"
"AlI right" said the cashier He TOOK IN hi,
station at the horses heads while the old m IN
went into the market. As he TODD there kicking
MS ieeC against the curbstone TO keep them warm
a horriDt2 suspicion came over MIN that his en-
plOyer had no Idea OF buying Two TURKEYS, but mad
simply adopted the plan as ruse to get MIN 10
hOiI the horses and save the cents that would be
expected 10y small boy as the minimum cOmpen-
satlon Tor holding the horses! The Old man was
gone Tor long time, looking for a bargain no
doubt. After a while he hove in sight Ihrolgh
the door. and with but single turkey, done up in
brown paper, under his arm.
NO use, Smith," said he, 81 couldn't make It 90,
we can 40 Just as Well to buy on our own account
Seem that that was the case, l thought probably
YOU'D want to buy your turkey yourself"
He got into the carriage aud drove away leav.
Ing the cashier the happy consciousness that he
had, at the sacrifice OF his time and comfort, saved
millionaire D cents.
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From the Popular Science Monthly
Far be it from me to depreciate the value Of the
gifts OF science TO practical lfe or TO cast doubt
upon the propety Of the course Of action OF those
who follow science in the hope Of finding wealth
alongside truth, or even wealth alone. Such q
profession Is as respectable as any other. And
quite as little do desire to ignore the fact that,
Industry owes heavy debt TO science, IL has
largely repaid the loan by the important aid
which It has, in It's turn, rendered to the advance
ment or science. In considering the causes which
h1ndered progress OF physical knowledge in the
schools OF Athens and Alexandria, 1t has often
struck me that where the Greeks did wonders was
in Just those branches OF science, such as geome-
try, astronomy, and anatomy, which are suscepu-
bic OF very considerable development without any,
or any but the simplest appliances 1t isl curious
speculation TO think what would have become OF
mo fern physical science II glass and alcohol had
not been easily attainable; and If the gradual per-
lection OF mechanical skill OF industrial ends had
paratively little cost, microscopes, telescopes,
and ali the exQuisitely delicate apparatus for de-
termining weight and measure, and for estimating
the lapse OF time with eXactneSS which they now
command. Ii science has rendered the colossal
development OF modern Industry possible, beyond
doubt industry has done no less for modern phys
les and chemistry, and tor great deal OF modern
biology. And as the captains OF industry have at
last begun to be aware that the condition of sue
cess In that warfare, under the forms OF peace,
which Is known as industrial competition, lies In
the discipline OF the troops and the use OF arms OF
precision, Just as much as il does in the warfare
which is called war, their demand for that disclp
line, which Is technical education, is reactng upon
science In manner which will assuredly stimulate
It's future growth TO an ncalculaue extent. 1t has
become obvious that the interests OF science and
or Industry are 1dent1cal; that science cannot
make step forward without, sooner or later,
opening up new channels for industry; and on the
tates those experimental Investigations upon
which the growth OF science depends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-24

m Charles County, Md, the clerk OF a store for
robbery. They were taken 20 the Jail at Port To-
prisoners. Both OF them protested their innocence
with such veheInence that ''the necktie sociabe''
was postponed tin the next night. II was then,
through Washington reporter. aScertained that
escaped The real culprits were afterward discov-
cred, arrested convicted, confessed the crime and
Lewis Dodson, a colored man Of twenty four, IS
awaiting trial for HOUSEKEEPING, and he Is re-
markahle for being in prison a od-natured, will
ing prisoner He has probably spent about as
much time behind the bars as any man OF his a9e.
Two or three OF his terms were In the penitentary
Dodson, according TO his own statement COM
menced criminal career early in life. When
only about eleven years old he stole package
containing $50 which, he states be gave his
plausible story that he was released.
Another repeater" Is Wm- Ross, alias Roxey
Ross, VINO completed a six months sentence
:, s , morning and was returned on Monday
woman. Another Ross, john Is In nowise related
TO ROxey, who generally goes back and forth be-
tween workhouse and jail
A CANDIDATE FOB THE GALLOws.
Probably the prisoner most likely to meet a
violent death, perchance by hanging, is the COL
ored boy Moore, who is but fifteen and nalf years
old but, the officers say thirty In crime sentenced
some mopths since for an assault on girl Dy
shooting her In the chin.
THE ONLY WHITE FEMALE
now in jail is Mrs. Strowbridge, VINO is awaiting
trial on the charge Of obtaining money by false
pretenses from a number OF physicians She
states that when In New York she worked at sew
ing receiving average OF 10 or 90 cents per day.
Since last June, when she was committed, she has
so improved in flesh as TO be scarcely recognizable,
having gained no less than 80 pounds.
one OF the jail Officers stated that OF the re-
peaters OF late years fully ten per cent are gradu
tribute TO the good boy dodge played by some,
which secures their release.
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Marriages rs a PartnerShip.


Marriage is still only too often a bargain but at
least 1t is no longer entirely one-sided bargain
1t is tending toward the only true ideal OF lifelong
companionship-a partnership on equal terms,
with equal give and take on both sides Women
no longer feel bound to render that implicit obedi-
ence which was considered de rgueur In our great
grandm0thers' days, and men no longer uniyer.
sally demand IT. Husbands, moreover, are begin
ming 70 learn that their prime duty Is not to Took
after their wives The very sentence is indicative
OF the most CHASTITY misrepresentation OF the whole
ideal OF natrimony. The general feeling OF So
cety condemns man who lives TO rule ais wife
on the same principle as pasta rules his harem
And indeed the whole scheme Of modern life makes
1t practically impossible for him TO do So mar
red woman enjoys as a rule complete liberty
the lifelong day, and even at night It
Is frequently impossible for busy man TO escort
his wife. Thus everything turns On the relations
between the married couple. II girl is really in
love with the man she marries she may be trusted
with any amount OF subsequent freedom. II not,
not and therefore We Say that the fn1udiciOls and
worldly parents who are responsible for the great
majority OF illassorted unions are also responsbie
for the many evil results which are to be seen In
society at this day. For it Is fact that lots of
English girls are as much forced into marriage as
the French girl, whose husband is selected while
she Is yet In her convent. Not by main force no
but by the whole tone OF her education by the
exaggerated fear OF being an old maid, by the
obvious necessity OF making way for q younger
sister, by the persistent scheming of her parents
and by ner own longing for emancipation. For
marriage undoubtedly does mean emancipation to
most women; and It is precisely those who look
forward 70 IL most who are likely to make the
worst use OF IL.
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Carter E0fr1oOn takes Another Bath
From His Latest Letter from japan in Chicago Mail
A walk OF 8 miles, now along the tumbling
stream, then in thickets OF towering shrubs, over
as beautiful prairie OF about 1000 acres ever
saw along the shores OF two other lakes OF say 30
and 800 acres in extent, at height OF 800 feet
brought US to the hot sulphur baths OF Umato
Thousands of pilgrim tourists visit NiSo each year.
and, after paying their dev0ttons In the temples
climb TO the spot to wash out any further impur.-
ties OF the body and soul. Men and womea battle
promscuously, without shame and Without any
sense of immodesty. II be correctly informed,
the Japanese have no conception OF any past sins.
to entail sin ana death upon them. In pray.
ing they never ask to have sin forgiven. They
pray for pure heart and q spotless SOUL for
blessings OF q temporal character 70 be showered
upon them and theirs. clean body, In their es-
umation, conduces TO clean character. They
take their hot baths nightly, and when able TO DO
country greatly abounds. They are pronounced
immoral because they battle men and women To-
Is ~ had
illustration OF this &C the thermal bath OF Arima,
a few miles back OF Kobe: We were in the high
sen tank, about feet square. Around It were
thirteen men and women. hanging by their hands
TO the edges like frogs to q Noting branch. In
the half sen tank, much larger, were dozens-lab-
Presently q man and woman passed us, ana.
the next taa5 rather sud into our
US Japa and were disposed 70 be talkauve, but as
soon as they found We were foreigners. the woman
became confused and blushed She knew We, be-
ing OF different civilization might think her Inn
modest. But going into the bath with her hus-
band showed they did not regard It rs improper TO
enter It with strangers and other men. II Is their
custom, and Is not much stranger than that I once
saw In Asia Minor, where we met dozen or more
women fOrding stream nearly waist deep. They
did not wet their garments, but would have con-
sidered themselves disgraced had We seen their
faces. After all the more see and learn the more
concede the truth OF EnglandS motto. 'Honi soft
uU NAL pen0e,n
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Population of China.

FIGURES TAKEN FROM THE OFFICIAL TABLES
"China's millions" has long been q proverbial
expression, signifying the densely populated con-
dition OF the various provinces in the Celestial
land. Official tables have lately appeared In the
North China Herald, based on official statistics
published by the board of revenue at Pekin, CIV
ing the numbers arrived at by q recent census OF
the greater part Of the empire. The board OF
revenue figures for nfteen provinces amount to
the grand total OF 319 3s3 5000 Several provinces
are not included in the number, the returns from
such being incomplete. The entire population OF
China, however, may be fairly estimated at &c.,
O.OOO The annual increase OF the population
between the years 1921 and lS4S was at the rate
or 2, 500, 900 year. 1t is pointed out that the
causes OF this increase is always at work. These
are the thoroughness OF agriculture, the fertility
OF the soil, the anxiety Of parents to see their
sons married by the time they are eighteen,
the willingness OF the women to be mar
ried about seventeen, the equality of the sons at
heirs property, the thrifty habits OF the people,
and their adaptability to variety Of occupations
requiring sh1i ana industry. The conclusion ar:
rived at By the writer In the North China Herald
Is that none Of the provinces are populated up to
the point at which the soil cannot maintain the
inhabitanta A steady endeavOr Is being made at
presenc to introduce European markets TO the
vast population of S4echuen, estimated at
Archibald Little. q gentleman well known for his
experience in China, be successful in navigating
the Yangtsze up 70 Chung King, the commercial
capital Of Szechuen, British goods can be conveyed
BY single transhipment from Liverpool, London,
Glasgow and Belfast 500 miles into the heart OF
Asia. and among these 5to09oSo o. people sub,
Is thus the prospect Of sChinas mtllionsp aflord.
ing an unlimited market for Belfast and North Of
Ireland manufacturers
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Vigorous Old Men.

FROM the LONDON DAILY News
Recently NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps celebrated the
anniversary OF his birthday, and entered upon his
eighty-third year. He can look around him and
see but very few men OF anything like equal emf.
nence, who are. as old as he. The German en-
peror is 90, DR.. Dollinger is 80, Moltke ana Ban.
croft the HISTORIAN are each 81 Kossuth is S5 and
Prof Owen Is 6S; but IL is not easy to extend the
list Yet 1t Is astonishing TO the large number
OF living great men who have passed the Ordinary
limit OF human life. or sOvereigns the pope is ~
and King william Of the Netherlands Is wei on in
his list year. OF statesmen, Mr.. Gladstone viii
be 10 this month. Mr.. Bright Is "a Prince Bis.
marck IL az, n Jules Grevy Is "a NJ leon saw and
\: Leroyer are each a; Lord selbOrns is 75. Sir
Rutherford Ac0ck Is 20 Lord Sherbrooke Is 10
and LORD Gran y, u p OF generals. NacMahon
each 7B. or poeta Lord Tennyson Is rs, Mr. Brown.
ing Is rs, and DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes Is "a or
musicians, Verdi = "a VI enRtneeFs Lord Arm.
strong Is a and Sir John HaWkshaW Is "a or
painters. AsiseOnief Is az, ana, 1nally OF shoW,
men, Barnum 10 n. Perhaps, however, n Chey.
reul who IL fairly started upon his hundred and
second year. ought not 20 be omitted. In any case
the catalogue y Tar from being complete one
AS It standA II n sufficiently remarkeblA we
have mentioned the names OF thirty-three perpons
the average age Of each being over "a Itmay ID
thirty.three men o. ~ considerable celebrity md
Of as great average length Of lite, have Ovot %.
foEu oeen alive q one time.
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WEEKs L CO., Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ESTATE
SITUATE On BLADENsBURG ROAD IN TIE

By virtue Of . deed Of trust dated November 1.
1856. and recorded in liber l2l3, at folio PSI et
seq one Of the Land Records for the District OF -
Columbia and at the request Of the party thereby
pss@ise. on TTEsb The T@IxTYs ssns 3 IA
BAY OF DEcEMBER, 1857. 81 FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
the following described real estate, situate in the
County Of Washington and District Of Columbia viz;
Lot numbered one hundred and thirty-seven 131 in
Charles Banss' subdivision Of lots ninety 900 20
three s3 and iots ninetI six $3.50 to one hun
division Of part OF Long Meadow" and recorded In
Book. County No FOLIO "a, Of the Surveyors once
Of the District of Columbia
Terms Of sale; One third Of the purchase money in
cash ESQ of which 70 be paid st time Of sale and
the balance in two equal in:tslments. payable in
one and two yesra for which the notes Of the pur-
cured By deed Of trust the property sod all cash
st the option Of the purchaser II terms arU
not complied with in ten days from date Of sae, the
property will be resold At the cost and rsk Of The de-
Also IMMEDIATELY. THEREAFTER, win offer
for sale at public auction BY virtue Of another deed Of
trust Of same date. recorded In said Lbsr 1919 ct
folio 264 ct SEQ. the following described real sstata
lying Contiguous 70 that above -dsecF1bed VIZ: Lot
ngp6srsd one hundred and thirty-sight u3Sl In De
Terms q :.ls; Onsshird Of u. purehss. money ,n
md the balance in two equal ipstalmenis psysblc
in one and two year,. for which the notes o. tbs
purchaees VII be takan q 8 par cent intsrsst apA
occurred BY deed Of TRUST the properly sold o. ~
cash a the option Of the pu,chassE The terms Of
anu must Be complied With within ten asy. rom ths
The delsultne pufchsssr.
Each Of the above lots |. improved By comfortabls
dwelling house J. @, Bl0ELQw. Trustee
dl&dkds Webster Law Building.
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HOW 10 KEEP WARN AND AVOID COLpS-sOME SEA.
sONABLE SUGGESTIONS.
Some people may not know, SAYS an exchange
that when exposed TO severe cold q feeling OF
warmth is really created by repeatedly filling the
lungs TO their utmost capacity In this manner:
Throw the shoulders well back and hold the head
well up. Initiate the lungs slowly, the air enter
ing entirely through the nose. When the lungs
are completely filled, hold the breath for ten
seconds or longer, and then expire ic quickly
through the mouth. After repeating this exercise
Whit one is chilly" fe ling OF warmth Will be
felt over the body AMI even TO the feet and
hands. 1t is important for all to practice this
erclse many times a day, and especially when In
the open ar. Ii the habit ever becomes universal
then consumption and many other diseases will
rarely, II ever, be heard or Not only while prac-
Using the ''Dreatllng exercise must the clothing
be loose over the chest. but beginners will do Wei
to remember, in having their clothes fitted, TO
allow FOR the permanent expan ion OF the chest OF
one. two, and even three inches, which VIII event
ually follow.
One might with propriety say that too many
people choke or st1fe the skin by an excess OF
clothing: and, as consequence, take cold easily.
Some impurities are thrown out OF the system by
the skin. as Others are by the lungs. the bowels,
and the kidneys. IL Is absolutely essen ial 10
health that the carnations from the skin pass
easily through the clothing. This-which Is called
"transpiratiOn'-may be interfered with by an
excess OF clothing or by clothing OF a very close
texture. All who wear India-ruDber coats know
how uncomfortable they cause them to feel after
OF Leo TO the papacy there was a grand
procession at Florence In his honor. A
little girl was made 70 personate the
foot With gold LEFT Before the day was
over she died In convulsions killed because strans-
piration, or In other wo ds because carbonic acid
gas and dead WORKOUT matter, which should have
been thrown out by her skin, were saut up In her
sy TEN tue metallic covering. Ordinary CLOTH
ing will not OF course, prevent TRANSCRIPTION, but
an excess Will interfere with Il; and where too
much clothing Is worn the same soon become foul,
unless the outside air can freely mingie with the
gases from the body and so dilute them. Some
wear the thickest and heaviest undervests which
they can buy, and such people are very generally
the victims OF frequent colds. Following the rule
OF light clothing they would be much safer from
the dangers OF exposure were they to wear two
light undervests instead OF one very thick and